Tripod plate

600–800 AD

Object PlaceEl Petén, Guatemala

Medium/TechniqueEarthenware: red and black on cream-orange slip paint

Dimensions10.1 x 30.9 cm (4 x 12 3/16 in.)

Credit LineGift of John B. Fulling

Accession number1987.708

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ClassificationsCeramics

Collections

Americas

Description

Tikal feasting pottery portrays the Maize god's dance of resurrection. The painting style is distinguished by the use of many colors and blank pictorial space surrounding the image of the deity.

ProvenanceAbout 1971-1973, purchased in Guatemala by John B. Fulling (b. 1924 – d. 2005), Lighthouse Point, Florida; 1987, year-end gift of John B. Fulling to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 20, 1988)